LEAGUE OPTIONS
Play-By Play
Quick Play
This option forces the ball flight to cut short before the end of each play, so you can quickly move on to the next play. If you want to see the ball land on fly balls and pop ups, leave the option turned off.
Confirm Lineup Before Game
By default, Baseball Mogul will stop the simulation before entering Play-By-Play Mode, to allow you to make changes to your lineup and starting pitcher for that day's game. Uncheck this box if you would like the simulation to continue without stopping in these situations.
Stop Sim After PBP Game
By default, Baseball Mogul will stop the simulation at the end of any game viewed in Play-By-Play Mode. Uncheck this box if you would like the simulation to continue without stopping in these situations.
Base Coach Hints
By default, Baseball Mogul will display the approximate chance of success when going for an extra base. Uncheck this box if you would like to make these decisions without help from your base coach.
Skip Inning 
The "Skip Inning" button in the upper-right section of the Play-By-Play page lets you simulate to the beginning of the next half inning with one click. These settings tell Baseball Mogul to stop the simulation if certain criteria are met (such as a baserunner getting into scoring position), allowing you to resume control of each at-bat (or each pitch).
Box Scores and Recaps
By default, Baseball Mogul will save box scores and recaps for every game played by a season. This can add up to quite a bit of data, so they can be disabled if you do not want to view them.
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Save User Team Games - Only games with at least one human-controlled team will be saved.
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Save All Games - All games will be stored.
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Don't Save Any Games - No games will be saved (except for those linked to news stories)
You have two choices in where to save box scores and recaps. "Save games in .MOG" will store the data in the saved game file. This results in a larger saved game file, but keeps the game results from becoming mixed with other games. "Save as Text Files" will store all recaps and box scores in your "Output" directory and can automatically keep multiple years of logs.
If "Delete Files Every Season" is checked, the text files will be erased every season to save space on your hard drive. If you are saving to the MOG file, games are always erased at the start of a new season. "Export Recorded game Files" will take all the games saved in your MOG file and write them to your "Output" directory to be copied or processed with third party software.
Delete Recorded Games
Clicking this button erases all box scores and recaps stored in the current game database. It does not affect any exported files on disk.
Export Recorded Games
Clicking this button takes all box score and recap data currently stored in the game and writes it to disk (as .txt files -- as if you had chosen 'Save as text files'). The data will remain in the currently loaded game database (unless you then also click the 'Delete Recorded Games' button).
View as HTML
Checking this box tells Baseball Mogul to output all Box Scores and Recaps as HTML. These files require that you have an Internet Broswer installed.
HTML Encyclopedia
Put Players in One Folders
If this box is checked, all scouting reports created by the Output Encyclopedia tool will be lumped together in one big folder. For example, the scouting report for Wade Boggs will be written to this location:
c:\Sports Mogul\Baseball Mogul 2010\Encyclopedia\Players\boggswa01.html
If this box is unchecked, player scouting reports will each be placed in a different subfolder according to the first letter of the player's last name, like so:
c:\Sports Mogul\Baseball Mogul 2010\Encyclopedia\Players\b\boggswa01.html
Automatic Text Output
This section specifies which files you would like automatically output to your hard drive. Every file is a .txt file that can be edited or viewed at any time. All text is written to Baseball Mogul's "Output" directory.
- Standings
- Awards
- Trades
- Retirements
- Finances
Save Retired Players
Hall Of Fame Players
Only save players that have been elected (or will be elected) to the Hall Of Fame (and those that are on one of the All-Time Leaders lists).
Major League Players
Save all retired players that had any major league playing time.
Game Options
Commissioner Mode
Commissioner Mode allows you to force trades, run leagues for multiple players, and edit the player database.
Computer Offers Trades
This option allows the computer to make trade offers to you during the game. With this feature enabled, a dialog will occasionally appear where an opposing General Manager suggests a trade. If you hit 'Let's Talk', you'll go to the trades dialog, where you can make counteroffers and alter the terms of the deal. If you hit 'No Thanks', the dialog will close, with no trade being made.
Free Agent Bidding Wars
If this box is checked, computer-controlled teams may enter into bidding wars for free agents that you attempt to sign. This is a new feature in Baseball Mogul 2011.
Program Options
Auto-Save
Checking this box causes Baseball Mogul to save a copy of your game file before every simulation (when you choose an item from the Play Menu). This backup file will always be named '[Auto Save]'.mog and can be found at the bottom of the Resume Game Dialog.
Backup Saved Games
Every time a game is saved, Baseball Mogul will create a backup copy of the previous version of that saved game. This helps protect you in case the recent saved game gets corrupted by conflicts with the file system (such as anti-virus programs that occasionally prevent Baseball Mogul from saving all the game data).
Check for New Version
Leaving this box checked will tell
Baseball Mogul to check www.baseballmogul.com for a new version of the game. If there is a new version of the
game you will be given information about how to purchase it. This feature does not send any personal information or any information about your computer.
Amateur Draft
Historical Rookies
This checkbox is only valid for historical seasons. If checked, Baseball Mogul will load historical players into the amateur draft each season.
Fictional Rookies
If checked, Baseball Mogul will create fictional players for each amateur draft. If 'Historical Rookies' is also checked, Baseball Mogul will first load all relevant historical players, and then fill the remainder of the draft pool with fictional players. If this box is not checked, Baseball Mogul will only use actual historical rookies.
If you uncheck both amateur draft options, Baseball Mogul will skip the amateur draft each year. We strongly discourage this, because your league will have no players to replace those who retire. However, this option is useful to replay a single season without the distraction of the amateur draft.
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Graphics and Sounds
Graphics Options Skins
he Skin drop down under Graphics Options lets you chose among various color and photo schemes. The "SportsMogul" skin is the default skin. "Baseball 2008" and "Visually Impaired" are also included. You can also make your own skins and download skins that other customers have created. Look at "Skins/Readme.txt" for more information.
Graphics Options Updates
These options tell Mogul how often to update the main window while simulating games. Change this if you have a slow graphics card that is slowing down the simulations, or if it is too hard to read screens that update daily.
- Refresh Screen Every Day - Every day that passes will update the screen.
- Refresh Once Per Week - The screen will only update once a week.
- Don't Refresh During Sim - No updates will happen until the sim is finished.
Bold Dialog Fonts
Use bold fonts for labels and text in all dialog boxes.
Visually Impaired
Checking this box changes the way Baseball Mogul displays information so that it can be more easily recognized by text-reading programs used by the visually impaired.
Sound
Effects
Turn sound on or off for the game.
By clicking this box, you can hear button clicks in the interface, and bat and ball sounds during live play-by-play. By leaving it blank, the game will run silently.
Crowd Ambience
The constant "background noise" heard at the stadium in play-by-play mode. Also called the "crowd loop" -- these sounds are stored in CrowdLoop0.ogg and CrowdLoop1.ogg (both files are played simultaneously by Baseball Mogul).
Ticker Tape
Uncheck this box to turn off the scrolling text at the bottom of the screen. You made need to resize your window in refresh this part of the display area.
Display
HOF Players Before Induction
Check this box to make Hall Of Fame players visible after they have retired, but before they have been inducted. (Baseball Mogul determines whether a player will be elected upon his retirement).
Ratings with Player Names
Displays player 'Overall' ratings (and 'Peak' ratings if applicable) next to their names in most dialog boxes (e.g. Lineup, Pitching, Defense).
Always Show Scouting Graphs
Check this box to always show 5-year graphs on the Scouting Report (these will be shown on top of any player photos).
Popups for Retiring Players
Check this box to stop play with a popup message whenever a player on a human-controlled team retires.
Spring Training News (Popups)
Display popup messages (that stop the simulation) whenever there is news related to Spring Training. This usually involves players on your team learning new pitches from coaches or other players.
Use Metric System
Display height and weight measurements using the metric system.
Play Result in Stadium View
Show the abbreviated play result (e.g. "SINGLE") in the stadium window of the Play-By-Play Screen, using a large font. If you turn off this setting, you can read the play results in the "Inning Recap" in the upper right.
Dialog Size Adjustment
This lets users with smaller screens shrink the dialog boxes (aka "popup" boxes). Replace the '0' with a ' -1', '-2', or '-3' to make dialog boxes (and the text and items inside them) smaller. To make dialog boxes larger, use settings such as '1', '2', and '3'.
Note: Values below 0 are permitted, but may cause text misalignment. Values of '-1' or '-2' are most useful on computers that have been set to display larger scale fonts. |
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